Mar 30, 2011, 15:53 IST

Does All d Creation has A Purpose? (Poem)

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Many questions have been in my mind since long. Since now I happen to be amidst so many knowledgeable people and saints on this site, I would like to share some of these.

Have u ever bothered why has this universe/ world been created? Nobody seems to know the why and how of it. Though scientists hav their own theories and experiments, even some so-called evidences.

For that matter why was life in its different forms brought in? 
20 years ago, when thoughts won't find an answer, they came out through the pen as following:(and were published in some magazines as well later) -

Tell Me, O God!

O God, why you created life in this world,
And the senses to make us experience pain,
Why the fights, and the struggle for survival,
And why the heat and the rain!
Why do you make us enjoy the happiness,
And to hate the sad moment.
Why we like to see the beauty,
And why we avoid the scenes which torment!
Why you created love and hatred,
And the craving to meet in separation.
Why the laughter and the tears,
Why the unity and alienation!
Why you could not let us live,
In your close proximity, in your lap.
Why did you send us to this world,
Into this deadly trap!
Are you any kind of a scientist,
Experimenting the “survival of the fittest”.
Why couldn’t you create the beings,
Who were already fit to pass the test!
Or, did you want us to invent or discover,
The matter in this creation of you.
Was there anything beyond your power,
Which you could not do?
I do understand that we should be thankful,
To you to have sent us here.
And not to doubt your wisdom,
‘cause to help us, you are always there!

Long ago, thinking on such lines, I questioned myself- how woulg I have answered if I were in HIS place. And the reply came out from my innerself in form of the following poetic version:

(God’s Reply to ‘Tell Me, O God!’)

I could have created a different world,
Free of hunger and pain,
Man could have been made an immortal,
Universe could have been free of disdain!

But wise you are, to know, dear son!
Power corrupts and absolutely so when absolute,
So I had to create the beings not too perfect,
Some of them ugly, and some of them cute!

I created happiness as well sorrow,
Not only love but enmity too,
To make you realize the difference,
And to aspire for equanimity!

To create is impossible without destroying,
As the sum-total has to be constant.
So you see a glory fascinant,
And then gloom in another instant!

If there were none in pain,
Of whom would the good ones take care?
Had there been no misfortune,
At what level would the luck fare?

Without any having seen the hunger,
How would anyone value the satiety,
What good would have been any pleasure,
If one had never experienced anxiety!

In absence of any tremors,
What importance would be the stability,
How would you have liked your health,
Had there been, around you, no disability!

The distinction is in your senses,
For me, there is no pain or pleasure,
Be like Me, non-discriminant yet swift,
Always in action yet in leisure!

But had you been bereft of senses,
How would you have appreciated anything,
This great variety you feel around,
In life or inanimate, all part of the mysterious ring!

Observe the cycles of change,
While continuing to do your part,
Try to discover the rules governing this,
You have been endowed to be intelligently smart!

Never worry in agony or privation,
Be a ‘karamayogi’ in the true sense,
Let the positive energy flow thru thought n action,
Shun all evil without any ambivalence!

Always be happily peaceful in my ‘Lap’,
And a manifestation of my cosmic play,
You are as dear as anything else,
Be a believer, never ever sway away!

Accept whatever and whenever I give you,
As a divine offering for that moment,
Use ‘karmic action’ in pleasure and pain,
Be equanimous and feel blessings even in penance!!!

I am not sure still whether you would agree with the above thought process. I would be happy to get your thoughts on the above.

Lovingly yours,
Gurdev Singh.

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